In many older American suburbs single-family housing is being demolished and replaced with new, larger single-family housing. “Teardowns” are dramatically…

Welcome to our user-contributed teardowns on the hottest new gadgets. You can write your own teardown, check out how others are contributing with their te…

By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . We may use the info you submit to contact you and use data from third parties to persona…

We got a sneak peak inside the iPad yesterday, when we were able to un-redact the FCC's test photos . Be warned, however: what you see there is with a pre…

Apple EarPods were standard issue with iPhones released before the iPhone 7. So what happens when Apple releases a phone with no headphone jack? They rele…

Google's latest and hottest gadget needs little introduction. Since its public unveiling in April 2012, the tiny head-mounted Android computer has been co…

Double the iPhone, double the teardown! With the iPhone 6 Plus laid out for inspection, we turn our attention to the smaller iPhone 6—though at 4.7", it's…

With the iPhone 7 Plus in pieces, we continue our Tokyo teardown trifecta. Less one camera and with the same number of headphone jacks as the 7 Plus, it i…

Ten years ago, Apple introduced the very first iPhone, and changed the world. Today, we're taking apart Apple's 18th iteration—the iPhone X. With its roun…

Apple's gone and skipped its iPhone “S" update, so we followed suit and skipped ahead a couple timezones. We're here at Circuitwise headquarters in Sydney…

We stripped the iPhone 4 down to its basic components. Apple definitely spent time giving the phone a thorough makeover, meticulously changing every littl…

It's incredibly convenient that Apple used the same pentalobe screwhead that they've been using for the past two years on the iPhone 4 and 4S. The screw s…

It’s been two years since the first AirPods teardown, and in those two years AirPods have become both surprisingly popular and infamous for their short li…

Introduction It’s a generally accepted truism that once you’ve acquired your first frequency counter, you slowly get sucked into the Cult of the Time Nut…

We finally have the much-anticipated iPhone 4S in our hands, and it sure is looking mighty fine! Sticking with last year's rectangular design, the 4S look…

One year ago, we tore down Apple's radical new iPhone 6—and it didn't do half bad. Now, Apple say they've crammed a boatload of new technology into a phon…

The Apple Huawei P9 looks classy, familiar, and well-built, and has been making waves even far from Huawei's original audiences. Just how far did Huawei g…

We were all set to disassemble the Apple Watch until we got distracted by a fancy graphic visualization. Oooh , pretty colors. Not sure how to fasten that…

Apple further expands their collection of professional equipment, this time with a set of AirPods Pro. Apple’s line of wireless buds certainly has a fraug…

The name “AirPods” can now refer to either tiny little e-waste disasters or cavernous, over-ear Max headphones. With a name like AirPods, we had to know: …

Finding teardowns in Chicago A recent suspected teardown, at 1923 S Allport in Pilsen (25th Ward, 19th place for teardowns from 2006 to now). The demolit…

This Friday night is the moment you've all been waiting for: Nintento has finally launched its Zelda machine new console, the Nintendo Switch. Forget play…

I won't get into how this happened, but AMD graciously sent me two test setups this year. A retail Zen3 setup back in January, and an engineering Zen4 set…

The first and as of writing this post the only (to my knowledge) printers that uses this DMD are the Anycubic Photon Ultra and D2 . Given the price point …

Teardown is the word of the day, and today we plan to dive into Microsoft's new Surface Laptop. Will this carpeted Alcantara clad laptop excel in our tear…

We’ve done teardowns of a wide range of smartphones, and I must confess, they don’t look that different from each other. Not a lot changed from the iPhone…

Gadget teardowns are always impressive, as they reveal some of the secrets behind newly launched devices such as Apple’s iPhone 6s series. Just as expecte…

A Reddit user named Tassadar did a teardown of the device and found several interesting things amidst their research. The OnePlus 5 follows a very similar…

The teardowns are enlightening even if you have no inclination to pry open your phone. For one, Samsung is curiously using different cooling methods betwe…

In its iPhone 7 Plus teardown , the iFixit team noted that the smartphone now opens to its side rather than to the top. There's also a sealing strip aroun…

June was another banner month – in a long series of banners months – for housing in Vancouver, with the most sales for any June on record. The MLS Home Pr…

Since the introduction of the Amazon Echo smart speaker back in 2015, OEMs like Google, Xiaomi, Lenovo and others have released their own versions into th…

Furby teardowns are a favorite of ours, and there’s nothing quite like flaying open a creepy talking deformed animatronic owl/hell beast. There’s a lot yo…

You have to credit the folks over at research firm IHS, because, apparently, they’ve pulling a little bit of overtime. Along with the teardown of Apple’s …

New iPhones always gladden the hearts of the analysts at the research firm IHS, because it means it’s time to tear the phones apart. This year’s iPhone te…

Friday was a big day for Nintendo, and indeed the gaming community as a whole, with the launch of the new and innovative console-tablet hybrid, the Ninten…

A power supply is an electronic device that supplies electric energy to an electrical load . Most of the power supplies you use every day are the AC-DC po…

A teardown of OxygenOS reveals that OnePlus is working on a new affordable smartphone with the 5G Qualcomm Snapdragn 690, possibly the next OnePlus Nord. …

TOKYO -- Taiwanese suppliers have expanded their presence inside Apple's high-end tablet, gaining ground on their South Korean rivals. A teardown of the …

TOKYO -- South Korean suppliers are becoming more important to the manufacture of Apple iPhones. A teardown of the latest iPhone 12 Pro found that South K…

By continuing to browse this website, you accept cookies which are used for several reasons such as personalizing content/ads and analyzing how this websi…

TOKYO -- Nikkei teardowns of Apple's latest iPhone 15 series reveal that production costs for the top-tier model rose by about 10% from those of the 2022…

Apple sells the iPhone 5S, its flagship, starting at $649 for a 16GB model sans a subsidy, and the iPhone 5C for $549, just $100 less. The smartphones are…

The PSVR2’s Sense controllers include a hidden ring of IR LEDs. Share this story The PlayStation VR2 headset can track the accompanying Sense controllers…

Recent teardowns I've authored have highlighted the circuitry differences between hardware powered by batteries, therefore containing DC voltage regulatio…

Teardowns of Apple’s new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have revealed A9 chips made by two different manufacturers, one built by TSMC and the other by Samsung. The…

Trailer & Screenshots VERSIONS * Folkrace DLC will be available by Spring 2024 ** DLC #3 and DLC #4 will be available by end of 2024. About the game Plan …

Prepare the perfect heist in this simulated and fully destructible voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or explosives to create shortcuts. Stack obj…

Teardown is a 2022 sandbox–puzzle game developed and published by Tuxedo Labs. The game revolves around the owner of a financially stricken demolition com…

In many older American suburbs single-family housing is being demolished and replaced with new, larger single-family housing. “Teardowns” are dramatically…

Welcome to our user-contributed teardowns on the hottest new gadgets. You can write your own teardown, check out how others are contributing with their te…

By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . We may use the info you submit to contact you and use data from third parties to persona…

We got a sneak peak inside the iPad yesterday, when we were able to un-redact the FCC's test photos . Be warned, however: what you see there is with a pre…

Apple EarPods were standard issue with iPhones released before the iPhone 7. So what happens when Apple releases a phone with no headphone jack? They rele…

Google's latest and hottest gadget needs little introduction. Since its public unveiling in April 2012, the tiny head-mounted Android computer has been co…

Double the iPhone, double the teardown! With the iPhone 6 Plus laid out for inspection, we turn our attention to the smaller iPhone 6—though at 4.7", it's…

With the iPhone 7 Plus in pieces, we continue our Tokyo teardown trifecta. Less one camera and with the same number of headphone jacks as the 7 Plus, it i…

Ten years ago, Apple introduced the very first iPhone, and changed the world. Today, we're taking apart Apple's 18th iteration—the iPhone X. With its roun…

Apple's gone and skipped its iPhone “S" update, so we followed suit and skipped ahead a couple timezones. We're here at Circuitwise headquarters in Sydney…

We stripped the iPhone 4 down to its basic components. Apple definitely spent time giving the phone a thorough makeover, meticulously changing every littl…

It's incredibly convenient that Apple used the same pentalobe screwhead that they've been using for the past two years on the iPhone 4 and 4S. The screw s…

It’s been two years since the first AirPods teardown, and in those two years AirPods have become both surprisingly popular and infamous for their short li…

Introduction It’s a generally accepted truism that once you’ve acquired your first frequency counter, you slowly get sucked into the Cult of the Time Nut…

We finally have the much-anticipated iPhone 4S in our hands, and it sure is looking mighty fine! Sticking with last year's rectangular design, the 4S look…

One year ago, we tore down Apple's radical new iPhone 6—and it didn't do half bad. Now, Apple say they've crammed a boatload of new technology into a phon…

The Apple Huawei P9 looks classy, familiar, and well-built, and has been making waves even far from Huawei's original audiences. Just how far did Huawei g…

We were all set to disassemble the Apple Watch until we got distracted by a fancy graphic visualization. Oooh , pretty colors. Not sure how to fasten that…

Apple further expands their collection of professional equipment, this time with a set of AirPods Pro. Apple’s line of wireless buds certainly has a fraug…

The name “AirPods” can now refer to either tiny little e-waste disasters or cavernous, over-ear Max headphones. With a name like AirPods, we had to know: …

Finding teardowns in Chicago A recent suspected teardown, at 1923 S Allport in Pilsen (25th Ward, 19th place for teardowns from 2006 to now). The demolit…

This Friday night is the moment you've all been waiting for: Nintento has finally launched its Zelda machine new console, the Nintendo Switch. Forget play…

I won't get into how this happened, but AMD graciously sent me two test setups this year. A retail Zen3 setup back in January, and an engineering Zen4 set…

The first and as of writing this post the only (to my knowledge) printers that uses this DMD are the Anycubic Photon Ultra and D2 . Given the price point …

Teardown is the word of the day, and today we plan to dive into Microsoft's new Surface Laptop. Will this carpeted Alcantara clad laptop excel in our tear…

We’ve done teardowns of a wide range of smartphones, and I must confess, they don’t look that different from each other. Not a lot changed from the iPhone…

Gadget teardowns are always impressive, as they reveal some of the secrets behind newly launched devices such as Apple’s iPhone 6s series. Just as expecte…

A Reddit user named Tassadar did a teardown of the device and found several interesting things amidst their research. The OnePlus 5 follows a very similar…

The teardowns are enlightening even if you have no inclination to pry open your phone. For one, Samsung is curiously using different cooling methods betwe…

In its iPhone 7 Plus teardown , the iFixit team noted that the smartphone now opens to its side rather than to the top. There's also a sealing strip aroun…

June was another banner month – in a long series of banners months – for housing in Vancouver, with the most sales for any June on record. The MLS Home Pr…

Since the introduction of the Amazon Echo smart speaker back in 2015, OEMs like Google, Xiaomi, Lenovo and others have released their own versions into th…

Furby teardowns are a favorite of ours, and there’s nothing quite like flaying open a creepy talking deformed animatronic owl/hell beast. There’s a lot yo…

You have to credit the folks over at research firm IHS, because, apparently, they’ve pulling a little bit of overtime. Along with the teardown of Apple’s …

New iPhones always gladden the hearts of the analysts at the research firm IHS, because it means it’s time to tear the phones apart. This year’s iPhone te…

Friday was a big day for Nintendo, and indeed the gaming community as a whole, with the launch of the new and innovative console-tablet hybrid, the Ninten…

A power supply is an electronic device that supplies electric energy to an electrical load . Most of the power supplies you use every day are the AC-DC po…

A teardown of OxygenOS reveals that OnePlus is working on a new affordable smartphone with the 5G Qualcomm Snapdragn 690, possibly the next OnePlus Nord. …

TOKYO -- Taiwanese suppliers have expanded their presence inside Apple's high-end tablet, gaining ground on their South Korean rivals. A teardown of the …

TOKYO -- South Korean suppliers are becoming more important to the manufacture of Apple iPhones. A teardown of the latest iPhone 12 Pro found that South K…

By continuing to browse this website, you accept cookies which are used for several reasons such as personalizing content/ads and analyzing how this websi…

TOKYO -- Nikkei teardowns of Apple's latest iPhone 15 series reveal that production costs for the top-tier model rose by about 10% from those of the 2022…

Apple sells the iPhone 5S, its flagship, starting at $649 for a 16GB model sans a subsidy, and the iPhone 5C for $549, just $100 less. The smartphones are…

The PSVR2’s Sense controllers include a hidden ring of IR LEDs. Share this story The PlayStation VR2 headset can track the accompanying Sense controllers…

Recent teardowns I've authored have highlighted the circuitry differences between hardware powered by batteries, therefore containing DC voltage regulatio…

Teardowns of Apple’s new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have revealed A9 chips made by two different manufacturers, one built by TSMC and the other by Samsung. The…